Carl Trueman on the Evangelical Elite
by R. R. RenoCarl Trueman joins R. R. Reno to discuss how evangelical leaders have sought approval from the secular elite. Continue Reading »
A Warning Against the Synodal Path
by Alexander GarthA Protestant pastor argues that the Catholic Church does not need to become Protestant too. Continue Reading »
Illiberal Protestants
by Ramona TauszToday, conservative critics of liberalism tend to be Catholic. Pundits warn of “‘post-liberal’ ferment among a coterie of mostly Catholic writers,” or report on the “network of Catholic intellectuals” making “the case against liberalism.” “Mostly these new traditionalists are . . . . Continue Reading »
A Protestant Apocalypse?
by Carl R. TruemanI wonder whether we might see something even more significant than a second wave of COVID-19: a second ecclesiastical apocalypse. Continue Reading »
Cheever's God
by Matthew SchmitzReaders of John Cheever’s stories, most of which appeared in the New Yorker before being collected in a Pulitzer-winning book in 1978, regarded the author as “the Ovid of Ossining,” the artist who showed the riches and wonders of suburban life. Alert to the transcendent in the . . . . Continue Reading »
J. I. Packer: A Great Puritan
by Hans BoersmaThose who knew J. I. Packer had no doubt that his lifelong reading of the Puritans fertilized his heart and mind. Continue Reading »
Protestants in Rome
by Joshua KinlawProtestants are drawn to Rome, though we define ourselves against it. Strictly speaking, we do not go there on pilgrimage. Yet we have always visited Rome, at once attracted and repulsed. It began in 1510, when Martin Luther took the trip that triggered the Reformation. “Rome, once the holiest . . . . Continue Reading »
Tobit or Not Tobit
by Jonathan ReimerAs Iain Provan observes in his recent book The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture, the Protestant reading of Scripture lies “in some disarray.” Historical-critical readers, intent on recovering original texts and authorial meanings, have undermined the ability of Scripture to . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousI don’t suppose it will be easy for Carl Trueman (“Turning Inward,” December 2019) and me to avoid talking past each other, but let’s give it a try. My book, The Meaning of Protestant Theology, is not an effort to engage with secondary literature. (Gerhard Forde? Never read him; don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by Moriah SpecialeIn 1901, Rev. Maltbie Babcock wrote in a well-known hymn that God “shines in all that’s fair.” Like Calvin, Edwards, and Babcock before her, Marilynne Robinson presents in her writings a world suffused with theological significance. Robinson is known primarily as a novelist, but anyone who has . . . . Continue Reading »
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